Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, May 10, 2020

LOT 318

Vacheron Constantin - Large pocket chronometer, so-called “Deck-Watch”; silver

HKD 34,400 - 43,000

USD 4,400 - 5,500 / EUR 4,000 - 5,000 / CHF 4,400 - 5,500

Silver (0.925), open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, large pocket chronometer, so-called “Deck-Watch”, silver dial with large suspended Arabic numerals and subsidiary seconds at 6. Movement 21’’’, lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance with gold poising screws, index regulator with swan-neck spring and micrometric screw.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 2 *
Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Brand Vacheron Constantin, Geneva

Model “Deck-Watch”

Year circa 1942-1943

Movement No. 444 775

Case No. 444 775

Material silver

Diameter 60 mm.

Caliber 21’’’, cut bimetallic compensated balance, index regulator with swan-neck spring and micrometric screw

Signature dial, case and movement

Notes

“Deck-Watch”
A “deck-watch” is a precision watch used on the deck of boats for navigational purposes (point reading) to avoid disturbing the proper functioning of the marine chronometer, which remains in a specific area of the ship (chronometer room or captain’s cabin).
For more information on this type of time-keeper, now a collector’s item, see Norbert Eder’s reference book.
Bibliography

Eder, Norbert, Beobachtungsuhren, Deck Watches und Chronomètres de bord, Munich, Callwey Verlag, 1987 (216 pp.; similar watch on the cover).

The Art of Vacheron Constantin, An Important Collection of 286 Watches, Clocks and Wristwatches, Geneva, Antiquorum Editions, pp. 200-201.